Plate for horseshoe-pads.



No. 777,218. PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904.

G. K-NAPP. PLATE FOR HORSESHOE PADS.

APPLICATION FILED MAR.17, 1902. RENEWED MAY 14. 190,1. N0 MODEL.

Y W/TNESSES Patented December 13, 1904.

NITE STATES PATENT OFFICE..

GRANT KNAPF, OF BROOKLYN, NEW YORK, ASSlGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO HOWARD HAYDEN, OF BROOKLYN, NET YORK.

PLTE FR HORSESHOE-FADS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of' Letters Patent No. 777,213, dated :December 13, 1904.

Application filed March 17, 1902. Renewed May 14, 1904:. Serial No. 207,915. (No model.)

T all 11171/0711/ 7215 may concern:

Be it known that I, GRANT KNArr, a citizen of the United States, residing in New York, borough of Brooklyn, in the State of New York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Plates for florseshoedJads, of which the following' is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide means for preventing the continual Hopping of the cushion and rear part of a horseshoe-pad, with its resultant evils of rapid destruction of the cushion, entrance of sand or other material between the pad and hoof, lower speed of the horse, and lack of proper support for the I5 foot.

For this purpose the invention consists of a plate for horseshoe-pads made of stiff material and composed of a rear portion adapted to be attached to the rear portion of the pad zo and a forward portion extending forward of the line of fexure of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and finally pointed out in the claim.

ln the accompanying' drawings, Figure l is z5 a perspective view showingthe shoe and pad applied to the foot of a horse. Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the shoe, pad, and plate. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a shoe, pad, and a plate of a different form; and Fig. 4 is a vertical central section on line 4. Ll, Fig. 2.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

Referring' to the drawings, A indicates a shoe which extends for only a part of the 3 5 length of the hoof H, and B isa cushion, commonly of rubber and extending over the remaining' portion of thehoof at the rear of the shoe, as indicated in dotted lines in Figs. 2 and 3.

O is a piece of leather-such, for instance, as sole-leather---to which the cushion B is attached by cement or any other suitable means and which by extending' between the hoof and the shoe and being secured in place by the nails by which the shoe is attached to the hoof supports the cushion, said pad-leather and cushion together forming a pad, as heretofore constructed and used. The rear portion of the pad comprising the cushion and the leather immediately above the same is not nailed to the hoof.

D E, Figs. 2 and 3, indicate a stiff plate, of steel or other metal or other suitable stiff material, forming the subjectematter of this invention. lleretofore this plate has not been em- 5 5 ployed, nor any plate whatsoever in this location, with the result that the leather O after little use of the pad becomes sufficiently flexible at the point where the shoe ends and the cushion begins to form a hinge, permitting the pad to flop away from the hoof at every step of the horse. The plate D by being attached tothe pad at the rear of this line of flcxure a a and extending forward of the same and being attached to the pad-leather forward of said line o 5 of iiexure and also pressed upon by the frog of the foot prevents any bending of the padleather C whatever, whereby the same and the cushion are kept up in position and prevented absolutely from Hopping' or having any 7o movement. The plate E of Fig. 3 performs the saine function, but instead of extending forward at the middle portion I and being borne upon by the frog extends forward at the sides d d and is clamped between the hoof 7 5 and the shoe. The advantage of this plate is that it covers less area and can be made to weigh less, whereby it is especiallyadapted for a racing-shoe, while the plate of Fig. 2 is especially suited for ordinary and heavy use. 8O Any suitable means, such as rivets e, may be employed for attaching the plate.

It is obvious that it is not absolutely necessary that the plate be connected with the pad-leather forward of the line of liexure. ln S5 the case of the plate l) the frog bearing' on the plateat the forward part performs the same function. Likewise the hoof performs the retaining function with the plate E. Any

means for maintaining the forward portion of the plate against movement is sufficient. The plate, furthermore, by extending entirely across the hoof at the rear prevents the rear portions of the hoof from cutting into the padleather and avoids the formation of corns due to this cutting in, and it brings to the foot the entire cushioning power of the cushion.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- The combination, with a horseshoe, of an elastic cushion arranged at the rear portion of the same, and extending across the shoe, a pad-leather covering said shoe and cushion at the upper side of the same, and a stiff metallic plate at the upper side of said pad-leather for supporting and protecting the same and the cushion, said plate extending to the outer rear edge and sides of said pad-leather and cushion, and forward over said pad-leather, and being attached to the same at its front and rear portions, substantially as set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my invention I have signed my name in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

GRANT KNAPP.

Witnesses:

CHAs. H. SEVERS, CHAS. R. SEvERs. 

